A: While receiving an acupuncture treatment, the recipient should feel a tingling or dull aching sensation at the needle insertion points. This sensation is not painful, but it is noticeable.

A: Absolutely Not!! This is a question I get very often and I am amazed by the amount of misinformation circulating about the risks of spinal adjusting. The risk of being seriously injured by a chiropractic adjustment is between 1 in a million and 1 in 100 million depending upon whose research you read, and what part of the spine we are talking about. That makes having your neck adjusted about 500 times safer than taking an aspirin. In fact aspirin and ibuprophen, taken properly, are responsible for approximately 16,000 American deaths each year. And no one died from going to their chiropractor. Believe me; if they had it would have been all over the news for months. Furthermore according to the National Institute of Health (NIH), adverse drug reactions (i.e. side effects of properly prescribed, properly taken drugs) account for 2.2 Million hospitalizations every year…That equivalent to the entire population of Arkansas – every year. So, in a nutshell, yes there is a risk, but compared to the risk of other treatments, it is incredibly small.

A: Many people find the combination very beneficial and they can be done in either order, but many people find that their adjustments are easier if they get a massage before their chiropractic appointment.

A: At the first acupuncture appointment, I will ask you what condition you would like to have treated and do a thorough intake and interview. Then, I will look at your tongue and feel your pulse to help formulate a Chinese medical diagnosis of your condition. Next, while lying down, I will insert very fine needles at certain chosen acupuncture points that will help you feel better. You may lay with needles in those points for up to 30 minutes, and then the needles will be removed.

A: A Life Coach is there to motivate you and help you set goals relating to work, relationships, personal growth, organization, etc. Personal coaching is not therapy–it does not deal with past trauma or mental illness. Instead, a Life Coach focuses on your present and future, helping you to visualize what you want out of life and how to achieve it.

A: Yes, it is more addictive than crack and once you start it is almost impossible to quit…NO, NO, I’M JUST KIDDING. To the best of my knowledge Chiropractic care has no addictive properties. However, once people realize how much better they feel when their spine is moving properly, they often choose to maintain that with regular chiropractic care. For example, I’ve worked with many people who have suffered from daily headaches. We begin a trial of therapy including physiotherapy to relax their neck muscles, spinal adjusting to improve the motion of their cervical vertebra, and then begin home stretching and exercise programs. Within a couple weeks, most people are feeling much better and realize how lousy they were feeling before. So we keep reducing the frequency of care, down to once per week, then every other week, maybe once per month. Usually we find a frequency that keeps them from experiencing any headaches at all. So, NO, no one in this office is ever under any obligation to continue care, but many people realize that they feel better if they do.